Door stop and retainer.



PATBNTBD FEB. 27, 1906.

D. J. TAYLOR.

DOOR STOP AND RETAINER.

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DANIEL J. TAYLOR, OF PHILADELP ONE-HALF TO VANIA.

HIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF SAMUEL J. TAYLOR, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYL- DOOR STOP AND RETAINER.

Specification of Application filed August 17,

Letters Patent. Patented Feb. 27, 1906.

1905. $erial No. 274,623.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DANIEL J. TAYLOR, a citizen of the United States, residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Door Stops and Retainers, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple and effective stop and retainer for doors. This object I attain in the following manner, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side View, partly in section, of my im roved door stop and retainer, showing a cor and wall in section. Fig. 2 is a pers eotive view showing the parts detached, and ig. 3 is an end View of one of the arts.

A is a door-stop in one end of w 'ch is mounted a screw a, so that it can be secured either to the washboard of a room or to a door. The op osite end of this stop has a cavity a, and f drined in the walls of the cavity is an annular groove 0, in which is laced a rubber disk B, having a perforation D is a knob having a screw 11 at one end, which can be screwed into a door or washboard of a room in a line with the door-stop A. This knob has a head at and a neck al and the head is sli htly pointed, as shown. The head of the nob is greater in diameter than the perforation b of the disk B, so that it will take a little pressure to force the head of the knob into the cavit Y a and past the rubber disk. The rubber isk will yield under pressure to allow the head to pass. After the head passes the disk the rubber will contract and retain the knob and the door to the stop,

lar er than the opening in the disk. The dis can be of any thickness desired, depending upon the size of the door and the amount of stiffness desired, and an 1 other suitable elastic material may be use in place of rubber Without departing from my invention.

It will be seen that the retainer can be three partsnamely, the stop with the roove in it, into which the disk is forced, a eaded knob, and the elastic disk.

I claim as my invention The combination in a door-retainer, of a stop made in a single piece and having a cav ity in one end and an annular groove formed in the walls of the cavity, a perforated elastic disk forced into the annular groove and partiall closing the cavity, with a headed knob, the head of the knob being greater in diameter than the opening in the disk, but less in diameter than the cavity, so that the disk is free to expand to allow the head of the knob to ass, substantially as described.

n testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

DANIEL J. TAYLOR.

Witnesses E. R. LOUGHERY,

Jos. H. KLEIN.

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